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US 8,408,768 B2Granted
Lighting device for a vehicle
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsIngolf Schneider, Heiko Eckert, Ralph Schneider
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Abstract
With a lighting device for a vehicle with at least one signal lamp as well as an additional lamp a first covering, through which a part of the light generated by the signal lamp is radiated, is arranged. A part of the light generated by the signal lamp is directed via a light guide into the region of the additional lamp and radiated in the region of the additional lamp.
Claims8
A lighting device for a vehicle comprising:
- a housing;
- a daylight driving lamp in the vicinity of an outer edge of the housing;
- a headlamp in the housing
- a driving direction indicator lamp in the housing;
- a transparent light guide;
- a first covering in front of the daylight driving lamp through which a first part of light generated by the daylight driving lamp is configured to radiate, where the first part of light does not pass through the light guide;
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- the light guide configured to direct a second part of light generated by the daylight driving lamp into a region of the driving direction indicator lamp and radiate from the region of the driving direction indicator lamp, wherein the light guide directs the second part of light generated by the daylight driving lamp from the vicinity of the outer edge of the housing, past the headlamp, and into the region of the driving direction indicator such that light generated by the daylight driving lamp is radiated from both the vicinity of the outer edge of the housing and the region of the driving direction indicator lamp to be visible from various angles.
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